Am I being hacked? Or is it normal..?

alin · 04-07-2007, 09:50 PM

Hey guys.

I have a few questions to ask today.

1) When people say inbound traffic (firewall speaking) is that mean im being hacked or is that a bad thing?

2) In my norton secuirty 2007 I look under the security history and under the firewall it tells me that 84.123.151.119 was blocked from accessing your computer, norton blocked it but it's under inbound so it's low level threat. It also lets me trust or restrict it.

I got no idea what to do so I made a new account here hoping somone could help

Many Thanks
Alin B.

ejames82 · 04-07-2007, 10:18 PM

this tool may help you in investigating those ip addresses. i hope the link works.

http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl

ejames82 · 04-07-2007, 10:21 PM

another tool.

http://www.dnsstuff.com/

**Glaswegian** · 04-08-2007, 05:24 AM

Hi alin and welcome to TSF.

Sounds like Norton is simply doing its job. Hackers will look for any computer that allows them access - this means they will send of small packets of information and see if anyone responds. A good firewall will simply ignore such requests - it then appears, to the hackers, that your system simply doesn't exist. I use ZoneAlarm and to date it has blocked over 500,000 intrusion attempts - which is what it's meant to do.

Use the links that ejames82 provided to look up the details - it appears to be a Spanish website. The golden rule - if you don't know them or can't think why they would want access to your system, say NO!!

Also have a read of this article.

PC Safety and Security--What Do I Need?

alin · 04-08-2007, 08:42 AM

Thank you very much guys - all safe:)

04-07-2007, 09:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
alin Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Am I being hacked? Or is it normal..? Hey guys. I have a few questions to ask today. 1) When people say inbound traffic (firewall speaking) is that mean im being hacked or is that a bad thing? 2) In my norton secuirty 2007 I look under the security history and under the firewall it tells me that 84.123.151.119 was blocked from accessing your computer, norton blocked it but it's under inbound so it's low level threat. It also lets me trust or restrict it. I got no idea what to do so I made a new account here hoping somone could help Many Thanks Alin B.

04-07-2007, 10:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
ejames82 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 396 OS: XP	Re: Am I being hacked? Or is it normal..? this tool may help you in investigating those ip addresses. i hope the link works. http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl

04-07-2007, 10:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
ejames82 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 396 OS: XP	Re: Am I being hacked? Or is it normal..? another tool. http://www.dnsstuff.com/

04-08-2007, 05:24 AM	#4 (permalink)
Glaswegian Moderator/ Rangemaster TSF Academy; Analyst, Security Team; Oor Wullie; TSF Surgeon and Resident Comic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 25,489 OS: Win XP Pro SP3 / Win 7 Pro My System Blog Entries: 10	Re: Am I being hacked? Or is it normal..? Hi alin and welcome to TSF. Sounds like Norton is simply doing its job. Hackers will look for any computer that allows them access - this means they will send of small packets of information and see if anyone responds. A good firewall will simply ignore such requests - it then appears, to the hackers, that your system simply doesn't exist. I use ZoneAlarm and to date it has blocked over 500,000 intrusion attempts - which is what it's meant to do. Use the links that ejames82 provided to look up the details - it appears to be a Spanish website. The golden rule - if you don't know them or can't think why they would want access to your system, say NO!! Also have a read of this article. PC Safety and Security--What Do I Need? __________________ Iain - Defender of the Haggis and all things Scottish. I don't help by PM - post in the Forums. PC Safety & Security::PC running a bit slow?::Donate::Photographers Corner

04-08-2007, 08:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
alin Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: Am I being hacked? Or is it normal..? Thank you very much guys - all safe:)